AbeBooks   http://www.abebooks.com/

A site I use for "Used Books." It also is a good place to determine value. You need title and author or you can search just on author for all of their writings.

BookWeb   http://www.bookweb.org/bd-bin/search_bd

Maybe you're looking for a bookstore that has books on Asia, or carries USGS maps? Search thousands of bookstore descriptions, or search by postal code to find bookstores in your neighborhood.

Posting date: 23 October 2003

Chief of Naval Operations Recommended Reading Lists
http://militaryinfo.hypermart.net/cno-prof-reading.htm

Posting date: 27 October 2003

There are many free books on the Net. Some require Microsoft Reader (Free), others may require Adobe Reader (Free) and others simply come up in your browser.

Microsoft Reader is available at: http://www.microsoft.com/reader/

Adobe Reader at: http://www.acrobat.com/

*Many collections are available including the venerable Gutenburg Project files at: http://promo.net/pg/

One of the better sites is at U.of Penn: http://digital.library.upenn.edu/books/

U. of Virginia at: http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/ebooks/

*Two other general sites are at: http://www.memoware.com/ (this site, for example, has 900+ history titles) --- also see http://www.web-books.com/cool/ebooks/Library.htm

1. Collected Books: The Guide to Values by Allen and Patricia Ahearn
2. Book Prices: Used and Rare Spoon River Books/Peoria, IL
3. Mandeville's Use Book Price Guide(published frequently-some older editions themselves collectible. 1994 issue in Fine+ condition is $150.00
4. Huxford's Old Book Value Guide
5. Bookman's Price Index (expensive to purchase new)
6. American Book Prices Current (expensive to purchase)
7. A Pocket Guide to the Identification of First Editions
8. Firsts magazine ($40/year for 10 issues) for serious First edition collectors
9. Book Finds by Ian C. Ellis: How to Find, Buy and Sell Used and Rare books. Also a listing of 1000 collectible books.
10. Official Price Guide to Collecting Books by Tedford and Goudey-lists 7000 books

Some submarine books of note:

1. Blow Negative paperback valued at: $25-$40 and hardback at: $99
2. Sink 'Em All by Charles Lockwood in paperback VG+ shape is $25--Hardback for $35 to $45 expect a "signed" Near Fine/VG copy is going for $500.00
3. Fluckey's Thunder Below signed is $35-$45
4. Clay Blair's Signed Silent Victory is about $200